Civil Engineering Department

Overview

The civil engineering department started in 1987 with a UG Programme with an intake of 60. Annual Intake has been increased to 120 from the academic year 2012-13. Two year Post Graduation degree programme M.Tech in Construction Technology was started in 2010 with an intake of 18 and M.Tech in Structural Engineering in the year 2017 with an intake of 24. It is also recognized as a Research Centre offering M.Sc. (Engg.) and Ph.D. programmes. Presently 9 research scholars are pursuing their Ph.D. in the department. In addition to this, the Departmental Students Association (OCEAN) organize seminars, workshops, educational tours, design competitions for civil engineering students. It also conducts Leadership Training, Personality Development Training and Entrepreneurship Development Programmes. The department has taken up Karnataka State Council for Science & Technology (KSCST) funded projects. Department is also working on Development of Masonry blocks and Paver blocks using Industrial waste materials under Karnataka New Age Incubation Centre, NMAMIT funded by Dept. of IT, BT, S & T, Govt. of Karnataka.

Vision

To uphold the Department as a leader in community development through innovation and excellence in diverse areas of Civil Engineering to meet the global challenges and market demands.

Mission

  • To provide the students a strong theoretical knowledge and practical skills to understand the basic concept and fundamentals of various Civil Engineering subjects.
  • To be competent and skilled enough to take the challenges in Research, Consultancy and Entrepreneurship.
  • To encourage the students in developing professional ethics through discipline and principles.

Programme Educational Objectives (PEOs)

The graduates of the program will be :
  • Equipped with fundamentals of Civil Engineering along with interdisciplinary science, engineering and management concepts.
  • Equipped with advanced and emerging field of Civil Engineering practices to compete and match with the industrial requirements.
  • Competent enough to conceive the ideas, prepare plan, design, execute, monitor and manage the project with the effective utilization of resources such as men, material, machine and money along with time effectively.
  • 4. Continue to learn and adapt to suit the needs and challenges of real world problems and come up with optimal solutions.

Programme Outcomes (POs)

  • PO1: Engineering knowledge: Apply the knowledge of mathematics, science, engineering fundamentals, and an engineering specialization to the solution of complex engineering problems.
  • PO2: Problem analysis: Identify, formulate, review research literature, and analyze complex engineering problems reaching substantiated conclusions using first principles of mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering sciences.
  • PO3: Design/development of solutions: Design solutions for complex engineering problems and design system components or processes that meet the specified needs with appropriate consideration for the public health and safety, and the cultural, societal, and environmental considerations.
  • P04: Conduct investigations of complex problems: Use research-based knowledge and research methods including design of experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, and synthesis of the information to provide valid conclusions.
  • PO5: Modern tool usage: Create, select, and apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern engineering and IT tools including prediction and modeling to complex engineering activities with an understanding of the limitations.
  • PO6: The engineer and society: Apply reasoning informed by the contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities relevant to the professional engineering practice.
  • PO7: Environment and sustainability: Understand the impact of the professional engineering solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge of, and need for sustainable development.
  • PO8: Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of the engineering practice.
  • P09: Individual and team work: Function effectively as an individual, and as a member or leader in diverse teams, and in multidisciplinary settings.
  • PO10:Communication: Communicate effectively on complex engineering activities with the engineering community and with society at large, such as, being able to comprehend and write effective reports and design documentation, make effective presentations, and give and receive clearinstruct
  • PO11: Project management and finance: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the engineering and management principles and apply these to one’s own work, as a member and leader in a team, to manage projects and in multidisciplinary environments.
  • PO12: Life-long learning: Recognize the need for, and have the preparation and ability to engage in independent and life-long learning in the broadest context of technological change.

Programme Specific Outcomes (PSOs)

  • PSO 1: Ability to identify and use mechanical engineering literature and apply it in written, oral, and graphical communication in technical environments.
  • PSO2: Ability to apply mechanical engineering principles to write specifications, do fabrication, testing, operation and documentation of basic mechanical systems or processes.

Teaching Faculty

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Dr. I R Mithanthaya.

Vice Principal & Dean (Academics)

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Dr. UDAYA KUMAR G.

Professor & Head

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Dr. A N PARAMESWARAN

Director, Institute Industry Collaboration & Coordinator

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Dr. SRINATH SHETTY K

Professor


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Dr. RADHAKRISHNAN K

Professor

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Dr.S K MAHADEVE GOWDA

Professor

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Dr. ARUN KUMAR BHAT

Professor

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Mr. Y R SURESH

Associate Professor


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Mr. LOKESH J K

Asst. Professor Gd.III

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Mr. UMASHANKAR SHETTY

Asst. Professor Gd.III

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Dr. BHOJARAJA B E

Asst. Professor Gd.III

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Dr. MITHUN B M.

Asst. Professor Gd.III


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Mr. PUSHPARAJ M

Asst. Professor Gd.III

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Mr. SUNDIP SHENOY

Asst. Professor Gd.II

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Ms. THANGAMANI

Asst. Professor Gd.II

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Mr. ANIL KUMAR

Asst. Professor Gd.II


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Mr. RANJITH A

Asst. Professor Gd.II

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Mr. GURURAJ ACHARYA

Asst. Professor Gd.I

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Mr. PRASHANTH KUMAR K

Asst. Professor Gd.I

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Mr. MANJUNATH M

Asst. Professor Gd.I


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Mr. ROSHAN RAI

Asst. Professor Gd.I

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Mr. RAKSHITH KUMAR SHETTY

Asst. Professor Gd.I

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Mr. PRITHVIRAJ K

Asst. Professor Gd.I

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Mr. SHRIRAM P MARATHE

Asst. Professor Gd.I


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Mr. SHAIK KABEER AHMED

Asst. Professor Gd.I

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Mr. JANAKARAJ M

Asst. Professor Gd.I

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Mr. SABYATH P SHETTY

Asst. Professor Gd.I

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Mr. PRADEEP KARANTH

Asst. Professor Gd.I


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Mr. THUSHAR SHETTY

Asst. Professor Gd.I

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Mr. SHANMUKHA SHETTY

Asst. Professor Gd.I

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Ms. THANUSHREE A HEGDE

Asst. Professor Gd.I

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Mr. SUSHANTH BHANDARY

Asst. Professor Gd.I


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Mr. PURANDARA

Asst. Professor Gd.I




Adjunct Faculty

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Dr. N BHAVANISHANKAR RAO

Professor/Adjunct Faculty

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Mr. RAVIPRASAD UPADHYAYA

Adjunct Faculty

Technical and Supporting Staff

Major Laboratories and Equipment

The Department of Civil Engineering has 10 well equipped laboratories: Material Testing Lab, Highway Engineering Lab, Concrete Lab, Hydraulics and Hydraulic Machinery Lab, Surveying Lab, Geo-Technical Engineering Lab, Environmental Engineering Lab, Applied Engineering Geology Lab, CAD Lab, Remote Sensing and GIS Lab and Structures Lab. The department has STAAD-PRO software, E-TAB, AUTO DESK and CYPE-CAD software and has procured the GIS software under TEQIP

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UTM

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Loading frame AND Total Station

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Torsion testing setup

Licensed Software

NameYear of PurchaseNo. of Users
AUTO CAD2015125
ERDAS IMAGINE20155
Geo Media Pro.20155
CYPE CAD.20165
E-SURVEYING20161
MS PROJECT PRO20175
ETABS20175
CSi Bridge20175
Primavera2018For entire Lab

1. Concrete and Highway Engineering Lab

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Area in Sq.M - 160

Major Equipment

  • Marshal Stability Testing Machine
  • Abrasion Testing Machine
  • Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity Tester
  • Core Driller Machine


2. Geotechnical Engineering Lab

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Area in Sq.M - 113

Major Equipment

  • Consolidation Apparatus
  • Triaxial Testing Apparatus with Electronic Indicator
  • Plate Load Testing Apparatus
  • Digital Data Logger


3. Material Testing Lab

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Area in Sq.M - 220

Major Equipment

  • Universal Testing Machine( 40 Tonne Capacity)
  • Universal Testing Machine( 100 Tonne Capacity)
  • Vickers Hardness Testing Machine


4. Environmental Engineering Lab

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Area in Sq.M - 71

Major Equipment

  • Flame Photometer
  • Spectro Photometer
  • COD Digester TR 420


5. Surveying

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Area in Sq.M - 46

Major Equipment

  • Total Station R-325NX
  • Electronic Theodolite


6. Applied Engineering Geology lab

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Area in Sq.M - 77

Major Equipment

  • Signal Stacking
  • Resistivity Meter


7. R S & G I S Lab

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Area in Sq.M - 73

Major Equipment

Computers


8. Hydraulics and Hydraulic Machinery Lab

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Area in Sq.M - 73

Major Equipment

  • Single Stage Centrifugal Pump
  • Reciprocating Pump
  • Pelton Turbine


9. CAD Lab

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Area in Sq.M - 120

Major Equipment

  • Computers
  • Printer(HP Laser Jet 1020)
  • Scanner (Scan Jet 4370)


10. Structures Lab

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Area in Sq.M - 120

Major Equipment

  • Loading Frame with Automated Hydraulic Loading Cell
  • LVDT’S

M.Tech in Construction Technology

Duration - 2 years
Intake - 18
Semester - 04
Total Credits - 100

M.Tech in Structural Engineering

Duration - 2 years
Intake - 24
Semester - 04
Total Credits - 100

Research Centre

Approved by VTU since 2012


STUDENT PARTICIPATION & ACTIVITIES

Amount Sanctioned in KSCST Project -

  • In the year 2016-17 - 4 projects - Rs.23000/-
  • In the year 2015-16 - 1 projects - Rs.4000/-
  • In the year 2014-15- 1 projects - Rs.7000/-
  • In the year 2013-14- 21 projects - Rs.9000/-

Sports -

  • In the year 2016-17 - 03
  • In the year 2015-16 - 01
  • In the year 2014-15- 05
  • In the year 2013-14- 04

Awards -

  • Best outgoing student
  • Best Project (EXPRO)
  • Project Competition
  • Paper Presentation
  • Alumni Project funding

Cultirals -

  • Tech Nidarshan
  • Anandotsava
  • Kalanjali
  • Photography Club
  • Tech Nidarshan

Other Activities

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Technical Visit to Hospete 2016-17

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Industrial Visit to Water Treatment Plant at Mysore-2017

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Farewell for the batch 2013 -2017

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Construction of cement concrete pavement at Udupi -2017

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OCEAN cup women runners 2016-17

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OCEAN cup men winners 2016-17

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OCEAN cup girls - winners 2016-17

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Inauguration of Bridge Design Workshop 2016-17

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Engineers week 2015-16

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Manual Drafting Competition 2015-16

FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS

Sl.No.YearName of the FacultyName of the Award
1.2017Dr.Bhojaraja B EG.M.Nawathe Best paper award from The Indian Society for Hydraulics
2.2017Dr.Mithun B MResearch Excellence Award from Institute for Exploring Advances in Engineering
3.2017Dr.Mithun B MYoung Achiever Award from Institute for Exploring Advances in Engineering

Product Development Programme (NASSCOM)

We have implemented a special skill development programme called "Product Design Engineer" from 5th semester onwards through M/s KH Designs Bangalore (Partner SIEMENS/ NASSCOM). They will be industry-ready and training cost, time and efforts from industry side will be saved.

They are trained for job role Product Design Engineer” - Mechanical. It’s a SSC NASSCOM certified course and they get trained over a period of 3 semesters (5, 6 and 7th sem). Presently 49 students completed the training and another 48 students completed the first module. Few of the trained students have already secured the internships in Industries with job offers too. Intention of this training is not only to maximize the campus placements but also to get right skills at the right time.

Certification: https://pursuite-production.s3.amazonaws.com/media/certificates/KH_DesignPDE.pdf

Industrial Visit

An Industrial Visit was organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering to Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited Bengaluru, Titan Industries Hosur and TTK Prestige Hosur with a total of 50 members including 47 students of 5th and 7th Semester and 3 staff coordinators departed from Mangalore on the 9th of November 2017. With great enthusiasm the team proceeded for the industrial visit on 10th of November 2017.

Titan Industries Ltd., Hosur, Tamil Nadu.

Date: 10/11/2017

Titan Industries is the world's fifth largest watch manufacturer and India's leading producer of watches under the Titan, Raga, Orion, Nebula, Octane etc. The main focus of the industry was on production of gears, small parts, etc. and assembly of watches. The guide assigned to the students gave a brief overview of the industry. He began explaining about the basic procedures required to follow while building a simple wrist watch and mentioned about the minute details that need to be taken care of in the production of watches.

Visit Observations:

  1. The entire plant was maintained at a cool temperature in order to facilitate the working of the machines.

  2. The small gear like structures which looked like scrap metal were only seen properly when observed under a microscope.

  3. Various safety measures were equipped such as placing the machines inside yellow lines on the floor and the visitors were asked to not cross these yellow lines.

  4. Most of the assembly line processes of wrist watches were automated with the use of robots. Only inspections were done manually.

  5. The watches which are not made of 24carat gold are actually made out of brass and then plated with the required colour.

During the full session students had a tremendous amount of interaction with the guide with goal to grasp even more. The visit was concluded with a visit to the factory outlet.


TTK Prestige Ltd., Hosur, Tamil Nadu.

Date: 10/11/2017

TTK Prestige is the leading manufacturer of pressure cookers in the whole of south India. In the beginning of the session the team was enlightened about the history of the company followed by the advantages and necessities of using a pressure cooker. The evolution of pressure cooker was an interesting topic to learn about.

Visit Observations:

  1. Various punching processes for manufacturing of cookers were involved. A typical assembly line of various numbers of employees was equipped for better productivity. The presence of each employee is necessary to begin production.

  2. Finishing processes such as polishing and buffing are done by wearing a protective gear.

  3. After the cleaning of utensils various fixtures are attached, the inspections are done manually and packed up.

  4. The packed boxes are weighed again so as to detect any kind of defect or missing accessory.

The visit was concluded with a Complementary mini lunch offered by TTK Prestige.

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Karnataka Soaps and Detergent Factory Limited, Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Date: 11/11/2017

The Government Sandalwood Oil factory was established by the Maharaja of Mysore His Highness Nalwadi Krishna Raja Wodeyar and Diwan Sir, M. Visvesvaraya, during the year 1916 at Mysore, to extract Sandalwood Oil from Sandalwood. Unlike an auditorium, an open-air session was conducted, about the advantages, medical importance and significance of Sandalwood tree was explained in a very brief manner. We were provided with immense amount of knowledge about sandalwood trees and its properties.

Visit Observations:

  1. Large containers filled with various ingredients for the making of sandal soap.

  2. The mixture was heated for hours until it turns to a curd like solution which is later cooled naturally. This cooling might take a time span of 2-3 days.

  3. The soaps are cut into the basic shape and manual packaging is done.

The industry had a factory outlet with discounted rates for the visitors.

This industrial visit was a great success as the amount of knowledge gained about ‘how an industry works’ and the management skills required to run an industry would be of great importance for all the members present.

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Year

 Name of the Faculty

Name of the Award
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2012

Dr. Srinivasa Pai P,

Adarsh A Rai,

Certificate of Achievement for having guided the Best M.Tech Thesis (II Prize).
2

Dr. Narasimha Bailkeri

Best paper award in the International Conference RACE-2012 held at MIT Manipal.
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2013

Dr. Muralidhara

Best paper award in international conference held at Shri Eshwar College of Engg.
4

Dr. Narasimha Marakala

Best paper award in ICETE-2013 held at J. J. Mugdam College of Engg., Kolhapur
5

2014

Dr. Muralidhara

Second consolation prize for the presentation of his research work in the exhibition of Academia project at IMTEX Exhibition – 2014.
6

Dr. Muralidhara

Certificate of Achievement for having guided the ISTE-GSFC National Award for Best M. Tech Thesis.
7

Dr. Muralidhara

Expro -2014: Project of the Year Award for “Design & Development of an Unmanned, Remotely Controlled Multi utility Micro Air Vehicle”
8

2015

Dr. Muralidhara

First Place for their research work on “Investigation on mechanical micromachining process with piezo actuated machining depth control and its application in MEMS device fabrication” at the IMTEX Exhibition – 2015.
9

Dr.Muralidhara

Theoretical Investigation on Piezowafer Actuated Micropump. ICETE-2015.
10

2016

Mr.Grynal D’Mello

BEST PAPER AWARD for Surface roughness Modelling in High speed Tuning of Ti-6Al-4V - Artificial Neural Network Approach at ICAMM-2016 at MLRIT, Hyderabad
11

Dr. Muralidhara

[Final year students project exhibition & competition]  Project of the year award.
12

2017

Dr. Muralidhara

First consolation prize for the presentation of his research work in the exhibition of Academia project at IMTEX-2017.